About SCCR

Goal, Mandate and Approach

Most health care services in New Brunswick are arranged in 3
groups: Community health services (Extra Mural Programme), hospital
based services (such as Regional Hospitals) and specialty services
(such as cardiac, neurosurgery and rehabilitation). These groups
are sometimes called primary (community), secondary (hospital) and
tertiary (specialty) and all collaborate together with Social
Development to provide full health services. They can be thought of
as one very large team.

The Stan Cassidy Centre for Rehabilitation (SCCR) is a
specialty, tertiary, Centre equipped and staffed to treat the most
complex neurological conditions. These conditions include stroke,
brain injury, spinal cord injury, and neuromuscular disorders such
as muscular dystrophy, ALS and cerebral palsy. The Centre also
provides treatment for the most complex forms of autism spectrum
disorder.

Teams of rehabilitation specialists work together with patients
to make sure that all aspects of a patient's needs are understood
and addressed. The many professional disciplines collaborate daily
to provide client- and family-centred treatment programs. Since we
are part of the larger team of health service providers, we work
closely with community, hospital based and social services so that
the full range of benefits are available to patients. Also, since
many of our patients are children we work closely with the school
systems.

The goal of SCCR is, by including patients as part of the team,
to achieve as much independence and self-direction for the patient
as possible. This is done by combining medical and therapeutic
skills as well as rehabilitation technologies.

SCCR provides services, in both official languages, to
inpatients (there are 20 inpatient beds) and outpatients, and the
Centre serves people of all ages in New Brunswick.